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In this study, fluorescence excitation-emission matrices (EEM) with parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) and UV absorption values at 220 nm and 254 nm were applied to evaluate the estimation capabilities for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and total nitrogen (TN) concentrations of the river samples. Three components were successfully identified by the PARAFAC modeling from the fluorescence EEM data, in which each fluorophore group represents microbial humic-like (C1), terrestrial humic-like organic substances (C2), and protein-like organic substances (C3), and UV absorption indices (UV220 and UV254), and the score values of the three PARAFAC components were selected as the estimation parameters for the nitrogen and the organic pollution of the river samples. Among the selected indices, UV220, C3 and C1 exhibited the highest correlation coefficients with BOD, COD, and TN concentrations, respectively. Multiple regression analysis using UV220 and C3 demonstrated the enhancement of the prediction capability for TN.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s120100972","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,1,16]],"date-time":"2012-01-16T11:14:14Z","timestamp":1326712454000},"page":"972-986","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":157,"title":["Prediction of BOD, COD, and Total Nitrogen Concentrations in a Typical Urban River Using a Fluorescence Excitation-Emission Matrix with PARAFAC and UV Absorption Indices"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Jin","family":"Hur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-ku, Seoul 143-747, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinwoo","family":"Cho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-ku, Seoul 143-747, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,1,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"863","DOI":"10.1016\/j.watres.2008.11.027","article-title":"Fluorescence as a potential monitoring tool for recycled water systems: A review","volume":"43","author":"Henderson","year":"2009","journal-title":"Water Res"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1781","DOI":"10.1016\/j.watres.2010.11.030","article-title":"Temporal trend and source apportionment of water pollution in different functional zones of Qiantang River, China","volume":"45","author":"Su","year":"2011","journal-title":"Water Res"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1837","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jenvman.2011.03.005","article-title":"Spatial and temporal variation in nutrient parameters in stream water in a rural-urban catchment, Shikoku, Japan: Effects of land cover and human impact","volume":"92","author":"Mouri","year":"2011","journal-title":"J. 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